Ayodhya division

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Ayodhya division

Ayodhya division (formerly Faizabad division) is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya city is the administrative headquarters of the division.[1] The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming of the Faizabad division to Ayodhya division in November 2018.[2]

The division currently consists of the following 5 districts:-[3]

Demographics

Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[4]

  Hindi (81.52%)
  Awadhi (12.98%)
  Urdu (4.94%)
  Others (0.56%)

The 2011 census did not use the new organisation. The districts at the time consisted of Barabanki, Faizabad (now called Ayodhya), Ambedkar Nagar, and Sultanpur.[4] The latter had different sub-districts than now.

Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[4]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue Districts Ayodhya division
Bara Banki Ayodhya Ambedkar Nagar Sultanpur Total people Percentage
002007 Bengali 635 584 303 597 2,119 0.02%
004001 Dogri 0 831 0 0 831 0.01%
006030 Awadhi 68,876 333,602 256,822 888,371 1,547,671 12.98%
006102 Bhojpuri 2,141 804 39,100 2,889 44,934 0.38%
006142 Chhattisgarhi 217 788 490 2,700 4,195 0.04%
006240 Hindi 2,984,773 2,050,978 1,905,077 2,781,822 9,722,650 81.52%
015043 Odia 84 557 504 628 1,773 0.01%
016038 Punjabi 1,199 763 362 887 3,211 0.03%
019014 Sindhi 0 2,432 4 28 2,464 0.02%
022015 Urdu 200,893 77,484 193,932 116,980 589,289 4.94%
028001 Arabic/Arbi 170 38 474 391 1,073 0.01%
040001 English 763 53 42 39 897 0.01%
– Others 948 2,082 778 1,785 5,593 0.05%
Total 3,260,699 2,470,996 2,397,888 3,797,117 11,926,700 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | City Of Lord Rama | India". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ PTI (13 November 2018). "UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as Prayagraj". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Administrative Setup | District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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